Table 4 Discount rate sensitivity analysis
From: Value chain financing and plantain production in Nigeria: an ex-ante approach
Scenario | Discount rate (%) | Total economic surplus (USD ‘000) | Total cost (USD ‘000) | Benefit–cost (USD ‘000) | Benefit- cost ratio | IRR | NPV (USD ‘000) | Change in NPV (USD ‘000) | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Optimistic | 8 | 10,021.00 | 1213.30 | 8807.70 | 8.25 | 36.80 | 8897.23 | – | – |
|  | 10 | 7785.70 | 1194.20 | 6591.50 | 6.51 | 36.80 | 6699.83 | − 2197.40 | −24.67 |
Base | 15 | 4407.10 | 1150.20 | 3256.80 | 3.83 | 36.80 | 3406.68 | − 483.08 | −12.43 |
Pessimistic | 20 | 2687.9 | 1111.1 | 1576.8 | 2.41 | 36.80 | 1761.92 | − 1644.76 | −48.28 |